
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 98.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 98% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.13x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 155.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 187.4% (ATM 155.6% + spread 15.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 24.88% (spread 15.92% + slippage 8.96%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 6.88 (vega 10.952 / spread 15.92%) — acceptable
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +15% (bullish) — Raw: +5%
|OI skew| 2.0% — balanced
Vol skew -16.8%, OI skew +2.0% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 23%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +25%, ATM: +15%, OTM: -6% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 89% — very bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +25.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 73% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 38% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction +15 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.9% — wide
OI 317,499 — deep
Volume 26,675/day — active
$0.80 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 99% — much wider than sector
Depth 267.79999999999995 contracts (bid:172.2 ask:95.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.96% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +12.9% — backwardation
IV percentile 98% — seller opportunity
IV kink 16.7pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 29.17 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +15% @ 58% consistency — unclear
Score 68 (ITM 20% + inst 38%) — HIGH institutional
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